Advances in Agronomy

Erscheinungsjahr 1997
ISBN: 978-0-12-000759-2
Verlag: ACADEMIC PR INC

Buch, Englisch, Band 59, 344 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 649 g

Reihe: Advances in Agronomy

Volume 59 contains seven reviews covering key contemporary topics on crop and soil sciences. As always, the topics are varied and exemplary of the array of subject matter covered by this long-running serial. Crop science is represented by chapters on quantitative genetics and plant breeding, wheat, perennial forages, and cotton. These chapters are balanced by synthetic reviews of organoclays in pollution abatement, the applications of micromorphology, and the importance of long-term field research. With this latest volume, Advances in Agronomy continues to be recognized as a leading reference and as a first-rate source of the latest research in agronomy, crop science, and soil science.

Zielgruppe

Researchers and students in agronomy, plant and soil sciences, and environmental sciences in university, industry, and government laboratories.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Sparks, Donald L.

Weitere Mitwirkende

Sparks, Donald L.

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Agrarwissenschaften Ackerbaukunde, Pflanzenbau Nutzpflanzen: Biologie, Genetik, Pflanzenzüchtung
• Interdisziplinäres Bibliothekswesen, Informationswissenschaften Bibliotheks- und Auskunftssdienste
• Naturwissenschaften Agrarwissenschaften Agrarwissenschaften
• Geowissenschaften Geologie Bodenkunde, Sedimentologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

J.W. Dudley, Quantitative Genetics and Plant Breeding.
S. Xu, G. Sheng, and S.A. Boyd, Use of Organoclays in Pollution Abatement.
G.S. McMaster, Phenology, Development, and Growth of the Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) Shoot Apex: A Review.
R. Miedema, Applications of Micromorphology of Relevance to Agronomy.
M.A. Sanderson, D.W. Stair, and M.A. Hussey, Physiological and Morphological Responses to Perennial Forages to Stress.
K.R. Reddy, H.F.Hodges, and J.M. McKinion, Crop Modeling and Applications: A Cotton Example.
A.E. Johnston, The Value of Long-Term Field Experiments in Agricultural, Ecological, and Environmental Research.
Chapter References.
Subject Index.

Über Autor(innen)

Sparks, Donald L.
DONALD L. SPARKS is the Unidel S. Hallock du Pont Chair and Francis Alison Professor at the University of Delaware. He is internationally recognized for his research in the areas of kinetics of biogeochemical processes and surface chemistry of natural materials. His research has focused on fate and transport of trace metals in soil and water, soil remediation, water quality, and carbon sequestration in soils. Dr. Sparks is the author of two previous editions of Environmental Soil Chemistry and more than 350 refereed papers and book chapters. He is fellow of five scientific societies, and he has been the recipient of major awards and lectureships including the Geochemistry Medal from the American Chemical Society, the Liebig Medal from the International Union of Soil Sciences, the Einstein Professorship from the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Philippe Duchaufour Medal from the European Geosciences Union. Dr. Sparks served as president of the Soil Science Society of America and the International Union of Soil Sciences, has served on advisory committees for several national laboratories and national and international centers and institutes, and served as chair of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences (NAS) Committee for Soil Sciences and other NAS Committees.